Adam Egypt Mortimer

“Jerkin” is a hip-hop subculture that originated in Los Angeles and spread throughout the world.  It had encompassed fashion, music, dance, and a DIY ethic that has motivated thousands of teenagers to produce tracks, shoot videos, and invent moves straight out of their backyards.  I directed and co-produced a 15 part series called JERK ALL-STARS, sponsored by Sprite and distributed by Mysapce.  The show was one part documentary and one part street-level dance competition, and it brought me full force into a subculture that was exploding in the streets of Watts, Long Beach, and Hollywood.


We got into the origins of  the dougie, hung out with The Rejectz when they performed Cat Daddy, captured 19 year old producing genius J-Hawk in his home studio, saw Indigo Vanity on set on a colorful music video shoot, and pitted the best jerk crews in the country against one another in a vicious pit fighting blood sport.


The show was a massive success, and we will begin production on a second season at the beginning of 2012


Check out the series HERE. Below are links to 4 of the 15 episodes.

EPISODE 1 – WHAT IS JERKIN

EPISODE 2- YOUNG ACE

EPISODE 3 – INDIGO VANITY

EPISODE 5 – JHAWK